# PySide2
### Introduction
PySide is the [Python Qt bindings project](http://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python),
providing access to the complete Qt 5.12+ framework as well as to generator
tools for rapidly generating Python bindings for any C++ libraries.
The PySide project is developed in the open, with all facilities you'd expect
from any modern OSS project such as all code in a git repository and an open
design process. We welcome any contribution conforming to the
[Qt Contribution Agreement](https://www.qt.io/contributionagreement/).
### Installation
Since the release of the [Technical Preview](https://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/06/13/qt-python-5-11-released/)
it is possible to install via `pip`, both from Qt's servers
and [PyPi](https://pypi.org/project/PySide2/):
pip install PySide2
#### Dependencies
PySide versions following 5.12 use a C++ parser based on
[Clang](http://clang.org/). The Clang library (C-bindings), version 6.0 or
higher is required for building. Prebuilt versions of it can be downloaded from
[download.qt.io](http://download.qt.io/development_releases/prebuilt/libclang/).
After unpacking the archive, set the environment variable *LLVM_INSTALL_DIR* to
point to the folder containing the *include* and *lib* directories of Clang:
7z x .../libclang-release_60-linux-Rhel7.2-gcc5.3-x86_64-clazy.7z
export LLVM_INSTALL_DIR=$PWD/libclang
On Windows:
7z x .../libclang-release_60-windows-vs2015_64-clazy.7z
SET LLVM_INSTALL_DIR=%CD%\libclang
### Building from source
For building PySide2 from scratch, please read about
[getting started](https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python/GettingStarted).
This process will include getting the code:
git clone https://code.qt.io/pyside/pyside-setup
cd pyside-setup
git branch --track 5.12 origin/5.12
git checkout 5.12
then install the dependencies, and following the instructions per platform.
A common build command will look like:
python setup.py install --qmake= --jobs=8 --build-tests
You can obtain more information about the options to build PySide
and Shiboken in [our wiki](https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python/).
### Documentation and Bugs
You can find more information about the PySide2 module API in the
[official Qt for Python documentation](https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython/).
If you come across any issue, please file a bug report at our
[JIRA tracker](https://bugreports.qt.io/projects/PYSIDE) following
our [guidelines](https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python/Reporting_Bugs).
### Community
Check *#qt-pyside*, our official IRC channel on FreeNode,
or contact us via our [mailing list](http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/pyside).